I-77 toll fight heads BACK to Raleigh
The plan to construct toll lanes on I-77 in northern Mecklenburg County stirred up quite a fuss during the 2014 campaign season. Then-speaker Thom Tillis and Gov. Pat McCrory —
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Volvo wanted to locate at a port. We pitched Rocky Mount to them.
No freakin’ joke. The Port City of Rocky Mount. The McCrory administration is howling mad at the General Assembly for not coughing up enough bribe money to entice Volvo to
Continue readingGovernor ‘Thin-Skin’
This little gem popped up on Twitter today. It’s interesting that it is just now going public today — FRIDAY. I first heard about it at the beginning of
Continue readingWhat’s in your wallet? (Gov. Pat wants it)
Our reportedly Republican governor wants a $2.8 billion bond referendum on the ballot in November. Bond referendums — in case you didn’t know — are votes on whether to allow
Continue reading#ncga: McCrory, Moore and the “manufactured” threat to religious liberty
Our Republican governor made it clear he is thoroughly unimpressed about the current debate on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Gov. Pat McCrory appeared on WFNC radio in Fayetteville Thursday
Continue readingOur boy governor throws a fit
Gov. Pat McCrory had something on his expansive mind so he took to that bastion of right-wing thought called public radio to let it all out: Republican Gov. Pat McCrory
Continue reading#ncga: The good, bad & ugly of the “jobs bills”
I think they’re hearing us on Jones Street. We — and many other grassroots entities — have been howlin’ mad about Gov. Pat’s $40 million+ corporate welfare giveaway. The House
Continue reading#ncga: NC’s coastal policy being pushed further left by drive-bys, their state gov’t allies
We’ve provided extensive coverage of the political drama around the state Sea Level Rise (SLR) panel and its revision — mandated by the GOP majority in the legislature — of
Continue readingThe GOP’s Keynesian Kumbaya
John Maynard Keynes is looking up, and smiling lovingly, from his special place in Hell. The British economist is the DADDY of the twisted concept that it is the government’s
Continue readingMcCrory’s award? BAAAAD. Award for AP drive-bys? Mooooost Excellent.
It’s truly interesting how the folks at Low-T HQ (a/k/a The Raleigh News & Observer) handled stories about two different awards in the same issue of their tragically unreadable paper.
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